Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-07
PRODUCE.
Now York.

NEW YORK, March 5.-Flour-Re-
Ceipts 81, 76G barrels and sacks; exports
9, $50 barrels, and G,337 sacks; market
firm, but not quotably higher, with a
moderate business; sales, $1,000 barrels.
Wheat-Receipts 70,95O bushels; exports
23l, 900 bushels; spot l4a2c and options
l3a2ichigher, closing with reaction of sasc.
During the day there was considerable eX-
element on covering of shorts. Export
trading only moderate, but the speculation
was very brisk. Sales Is, IN, 900 bushels
futures, and ia, 900 bushels spot; No. 2
spring nominal 93!c; No. | northern 81
Lice: ungraded red 9la9Gic; No. 3 red
9OIc; No. 3 red 9O}c; No. . red 9ic; No. ]
white DC; No.2 red March nominal
April 92lc, closing at gage; May 92f
a93Ic. closing at 93sc; June 92!a9iic,
closing at 93sc; July g~2Sa9i!c, closing at
94!c; August 93!a9l!c, closing at 9i!c;
September 9ila95lc. closing at 9i,c; De-
cember 97ia99c, closing at 0Ssc. Corn
Spot advanced 1ia1sc; export trading
light, speculation more active; receipts
%. 700 bushels; exports 100, $50 bushels;
sales 2.3l2. 900 bushels futures, 6S,OOu
bushels spot; ungraded 4aa5O}c; steamer
4ga4gJc No. . March j0saj03c; closing at
5Olc; April 5Oa5Osc, closing ut SOLE;
| Nav 55a553c, closing at 50sc; June 50ia
5Oic, closing at 50sc. Oats-la4c higher
and fairly active; receipts 81, IOo bushels;
exports 76 bushels; sales 295, 900 bushels
| futures and 81. 900 bushels spot; mixed
western 3ja37c; white mixed 2SIi2c.
Hay-Steady but quiet. Hops-pull:
State 9al2c; California sa2:I. ~COifee-SpOt
fair; Rio tirman quiet at lisc; options
stronger and fairly active; sales 63, 100
bags; May, July, 12.75al2. S0c; June,
August, II. 7Oa12. SIC; September, IL. 15a
II. 9Oc; October, IL. Sc; November 12.SOa
II. SOC; December IL. S5al2. 95c; February
1895. Sugar-Steady; refined steady; ex-
ira G I3ai 1876; cutlOaf and crushed
6ia6 5-16c; cubes DC. Enthusiastically
and quiet. Rice Firm. Petroleum
Firm. Tallow-Steady and quiet. Tur,
pentine-Firm at 39c. Eggs-Unchanged'
receipts i,oee psokss~-I sastsrn ITO PORK
Firm and fair demand at SIS 50al5 ~
for ola. Cut Meats-Firm; picked shoui'
ders 7c; picked bellies Ta19c; middle-
auiet and firm. LArd-At lGll3c per l@
rounds higher and fairly active; western
steam spot March s. 7Oa7 &c; May 81 79l
: %: June s. 7Sa7 81; August - ~
city steam s. 10. Butter-FTm; west
ern 12a3Oc. Cheese-Quiet and msder
ately steady. Copper-Steady. Lead
Ouiet: common i!c.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, March 5.-The trading oil
Change to-day was one OF marked excite
ment in grain. accompanied by n sharp
advance in prices. The advance in wheat
began Yesterday afternoon, when May de
livery was advanced from 79c up 20 1870
where the market rested last night. Thu
morning the market opened at aJIe ant
had very few stops until it had reached
size. The buying all the way up was OF
la very gradual scale, and the pit was
scene Of sharp excitement with shorts GOV
eriny freely. Orders came pouring In iron
the outside, which materially aided tin
market From s13c the market wa
pounded down to Site, but within half al
hour it was tending up again, and oniI
stopped when the price had touched SIZE
the market closing for the day at s2!e
The boom in corn was \ counterpart o
that in wheat. The market opened y
higher, fell hack &c, advanced lc unde
good demand from shorts" but fell bacs
again &c under more liberal offerings, am
closed &c higher than yesterday. Dat
ruled firmer in sympathy with the Othe
markets. The market closed Iase highe
than on yesterday. Mess pork was stead!
and unchanged. Lard 5a7c higher. Flou
Firm and unchanged. Whsat-CashN Nc
2 spring 7GIa79c; No. 3 spring T34e; No
2 red SOaSOlc; March ~74sa76ssc. closing a
role; May s0sas2ic, closing at 62Eci Jun
s1ias1ic, closing at s3tci July s2aasi'